I am putting the vehicles away for several months. All three are on radial tires. Is it best to put them up on blocks with the tires off the ground? Usually I don't, but I haven't stored a car for so long before.
I'll bet I feel almost as sad as Travis did as he watched the Famous Baja drive away.
(Why am I storing them? Part of my regime is to walk and bicycle, sometimes jog for the Winter. It's a health thing. :))
.....................Don't forget to eat your bean sprouts.
...........Also, I've heard that a ginseng enema can clear the mind of the elderly when dementia becomes terminal.
:-)
"jjs" wrote
I've always heard that it's best to store them with the tires off the ground but with the suspension fully loaded.
John Henry has a page at his site on how he does it:
..................Oh yeah...........If they're sitting on a dry surface, I wouldn't worry about letting them stay on the ground.
Now how would you know that kind of thing, or even care to know?
snipped-for-privacy@nospam.xxx (jjs) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@ip-0-230.sprint-rev.hbci.com:
If I drove an antique like John Henry's, I'd take extreme precautions, too. But to tell the truth, I take my car off the road Nov.-March and have never put it on blocks. Pull the battery, make sure the emergency brake is off. Fortunately no rodent problems in my garage. Come spring I push it out, adjust the valves, start it up, drive around the block, change the oil, and then plan on what projects to undertake over the summer.
Health, bah!
I heard someone say once that it's not totally stupid to park the car on plastic for a vapor barrier... sounds like overkill.
T.
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